Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-06-16
NEWS SUMMARY.
A Murderer Osptured-Soldters' Grave
to be Alarked-shOt Desd-Fired .
from an Ambush.

Murderer Osptured-Soldters' Grsvos
to 10 naarked-shot Desd-Fired n
from an Ambush.
It 10 reported that Gasp Or Strombach,
supposed BY the police Of Rahway,
Few Jersey, to be the murderer of the
unknown girl found with her throat
cut last March, was arrested on Tues
day in small town In Illinois. Strom
bach was employed rs q laborer on .
farm near Houtenville. He 10 about 20
years OF age. A telegram from Salem,
illinois, says that Strombach wae
caught At Iuka, where he confessed the
crime to q fellow countryman, named
John Bauman, and said he had an I'm.
known accomplice. he identified .
photograph of tho murdered girl.
General SherldAn said yesterday, in
Washington, that Mr.. George W. Childs
IN addition to his portrait gifts to the
Military Academy at West Point, had
arranged to furnish = stone for the
grave OF every soldier buried in the
cemetery there whose grave ts unmark.
ed, and to replace ell wooden head.
boards with stone slabs, suitably in
scribed.
In Oolumbis county, Oregon, last
Saturday, Levi Backue and g. D. Stod
dard quarrelled over q division line
fence, and Backus shot and killed 6tod
dard. Backus fed, pursued by . can
stable. Toe latter ordered him to Z
halt. Backus, who was armed with s
Winchester rife refused, whereupoI
the constable 81 OF him dead.
In Rowan County, Kentucky, or
Tuesday evening, while ex.SheYif
Rsmey and his SON were riding home
from Morehead, they wore fred at frou
ambush and are be lieved to be mortally J
wounded. They did not belong to either
ofths factions that disgrace the county
but had lately refused TO join tho Toll
yer gang.
A telegram from Pittsburg says tha'
number OF the trainmen who were ar
rested for completely In the Pan Hanoi,
Railroad robberies have been taker
back by the company. "rhey hav,
shown disposition to do what Is right
and the officials are inclined to Civ
them u trial"
It is reported by way o! Panama that
reb -llion in the Province of Tucuman, 4,
the Argentine Confederation, has jus
been suppressed by the Gensral Gov
Iernment, with loss OF 400 lives. tn
Governor Of the Province and his Min
istsTs have been taken prisoners.
The jury in the caee of Jacob Sharp
at New YORK, IVES completed yesterda,
Afternoon, aud Assistant District Al
tornor Nichol opened the case for til
prosecution at z O'Clock in the evening
He had not finished At 10.15, when th
court adjourned.
Recent discoveries Of iron ore in Bu
falo County, Wisconsin, have resulte
in the organization Of four minin
companies, one of them with capita
stock of 81. COO, COO. "Every shaft sum
shows rich deposits" and the ore is G
fine quality.
The steamship Hermann, at Ball
more yesterday from Bremen, YeDori
that when in mid-ocean Martin Keil,
lsged "a pears, while chatting pleasan
lly, suddenly threw no his hands ant
Jumped overheard. He sank irnmedi
aiely.
Il While men wero whitewashiug q
ice-house near New Ringgold, Bsrl
iCounty, Pa. on Wednesday morninI
the scAffold fell, killing Charles VIE
and fatally injuring William Kosin
No new cases of yellow fever We
reported on Wednesday at Key Yves
J There was one death in a priva
} house. Fifteen sick are under trea
ment, four OF whom are DECLARED col
valescent.
A prevalence OF rabies among dos
and cattle Is reported in Oalhou
County, Florida. Several persons has
been bitten by rabid dogs, and "dc
and cattle killing parties are orgi
IniziDg."
1 A Lehigh University freshman, nan
ed Palmer, from Pater,on, New Jerse,
was drowned while bathing In tie can
at South Bethlehem last evening.
The New Hampshire Legislature,
joint convention yeste, day, declar,
the election Of William E. Chandler
be q. y. Senator.
II J. O. Ryan and Henry Treloar we
killed at Crystal Falls, Michigan, I
Tuesday by the premature explosion
Q blast.
An epidemic Of fax is reported
Benford county, Virginia, which
3 laIready Caused mSuy deaths,